Dissertations in progress

Supervised by Prof. Dr. Alena Buyx

• Adaktylos-Surber, Katharina: "Examination of a concept for the allocation of scarce intensive care resources (prioritization) in the context of a pandemic at a university hospital" (Mentor: Dr. Kathrin Knochel)
• Bechtel, Julie: "Technology-assisted physiotherapy for stroke patients: ethical and social consequences" (Mentor: Dr. Bettina Zimmermann)
• Fritzsche, Marie-Christine: "Ethical Challenges of Data-Driven Innovations with Biomarkers in Medical Research and Healthcare - Philosophical and Empirical Analyses" (Dr. phil.) (Mentor: Dr. phil. Dr. med Georg Starke)
• Fuchsbrunner, Gloria: "The professional responsibility of physicians in the context of participatory decision-making when life-sustaining measures are dispensed with or terminated in the neonatal intensive care unit" (Mentor: Dr. Kathrin Knochel)
• Matthes, Nina: "Using social media to recruit vulnerable populations: ethical benefits, challenges and recommendations"
• Michalsen, Anna: "The proactive ethics offer Ethikvisite: Experiences of experts and development of a structured offer" (Mentor: Dr. Kathrin Knochel)
• Schimmerl, Li: "Ethical Aspects of CFS/ME."
• Schmolke, Eva-Maria: "Ethical analysis of guidelines for the distribution of scarce intensive care resources during a pandemic and their implementation from the perspective of potential users in Germany" (Mentors: Dr. Kathrin Knochel, Dr. phil. Lukas J. Meier)
  
• Schönweitz, Franziska: "Ethical guidance in the development and application of invasive as well as non-invasive neurotechnologies".
• Willem, Theresa: "Ethical issues of AI-supported diagnostics. A technology-specific, actor-related, and societally-grounded embedded ethics and social science study" (Mentor: Dr. Amelia Fiske)

Supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcello Ienca

• Haag, Lea: "Ethical Considerations and Patient Perspectives in Closed-Loop-Brain Stimulation" (Mentor: Dr. Dr. Georg Starke)
• Sobieska, Alexander: "Public Perception of and Ethical Reflection on Neurotechnology: Analyzing Concerns, Narratives, Social Dynamics, and Emerging Technologies (Working Title)"
• Roth, Theresa: "Ethical Issues in the Context of Neuroenhancement: Definitions, Technologies, and Ethical Discussions" (Mentor: Dr. Dr. Georg Starke)
• Schiller, Elena: "Equitable Access to Neurotechnologies: Analysis and Medical-Ethical Consideration of Proposed Guidelines and Approaches" (Mentor: Dr. Dr. Georg Starke)
• Schopp, Laura: "Assessment of Explainable AI in closed-loop neurotechnology for psychiatric and neurological conditions" (Mentor: Dr. phil. Dr. med Georg Starke)

Supervised by PD Dr. Stuart McLennan

• Gercekcioglu, Ayca: "How can the risk of healthcare AI applications harming people of color be ethically addressed in Germany?" (Mentors: Dr. Amelia Fiske, Janina Steinert)
• Gerlach, Lara: "Ethical implications of embodied AI in medicine" (Mentors: Dr. Marieke Bak, Dr. Amelia Fiske)
• Wagner, Konstantin: "The ethical appropriateness of the current use and regulation of homeopathy in Germany" (Mentors: Dr. phil. Lukas J. Meier, David Shaw)